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Hackers Stole 65 Million Passwords From Tumblr (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, reporting for Motherboard: On May 12, Tumblr revealed that it had found out about a 2013 data breach affecting 'a set of users' email addresses and passwords, but the company refused to reveal how many users were affected. As it turns out, that number is 65 million, according to an independent analysis of the data. Troy Hunt, a security researcher who maintains the data breach awareness portal Have I Been Pwned, recently obtained a copy of the stolen data set. Hunt told Motherboard that the data contained 65,469,298 unique emails and passwords. Update: 05/30 16:36 GMT by M : An earlier version of the original report claimed that data of 68 million accounts were compromised. It's 65 million. The original story, and hence, this summary has been updated to reflect the same.

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  1. 68 million or 65 million? by dwillden · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Editors please proofread. 68 million user affected yet 65 million unique emails and passwords, so where are the additional 3 million users affected?

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    1. Re:68 million or 65 million? by dwillden · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Even worse, the summary is basically a copy and paste of the first couple paragraphs of the second link, yet the submitter manages to change 65 to 68.

      Okay I'm done whining about this.

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    2. Re: 68 million or 65 million? by jovius · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      I guess the difference comes from whether one browses Tumblr using one hand or two hands.

  2. Tumblr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    "Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007, and owned by Yahoo! since 2013. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog." - Wikipedia

  3. Uh oh... by wardrich86 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's gonna be a whole lot of angry feminists and SJW's...

    1. Re:Uh oh... by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      How are we going to tell the difference?

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  4. sixpack of bud light by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    should goes to the guy who writes a bot to login to each account, delete its contents, and then close the account.

    1. Re:sixpack of bud light by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      I don't think he should be punished like that.

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  5. Re: At least they were salted and hashed by Hawks · · Score: 1

    2 T oil
    8 oz corned beef
    65M passwords
    1 white onion chopped
    1 bell pepper chopped
    2 potatoes shredded
    Salt and pepper to taste

    Sauté' vegetables in oil until soft, add passwords and continue until clear text
    Add corned beef and potatoes and fry until golden brown

    Serve with 2 pwned eggs

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  6. Re: Your passwords are too simple! by s122604 · · Score: 1

    How do you even know what their passwords are? Social engineering? Or are you storing them in something other than salted hashes?

  7. That Fair, I Guess by wisnoskij · · Score: 1

    Tumblr is pro-shoplifting. So I guess they they should be fine with having their stuff stolen as well.

    https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/...

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  8. 2013 ... was that by CaptainDork · · Score: 1

    a long time ago and stuff?

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